# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center
> OSHA SIR `2018021684` · 2/18/2018 · MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center
- **Location:** 11853 Dorsett Road, MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MISSOURI, 63043
- **NAICS:** 621991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to unload product that was in coolers from the back of the van. While exiting the back of the van with a cooler in hand, the employee slipped and missed the bumper and fell onto the pavement injuring his ankle and knee.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*